Fitness, nerve and the willingness to still be out there after four hours. Not everyone passes that test.
1Novak DjokovicHas won more five-set matches than any man in the Open era, including several from two sets down.
2Rafael NadalTwenty-two-time major champion whose physical game got stronger as matches stretched past four hours.
3Carlos AlcarazSaved three championship points to win the 2025 French Open final in five hours and 29 minutes.
4Jannik SinnerCame back from two sets down to win the 2024 Australian Open final and holds a strong five-set record.
5Roger FedererPlayed some of the longest finals in Wimbledon and Australian Open history, winning most of them.
6Andy MurrayWon a string of marathon five-setters late in his career, including on a metal hip.
7Stan WawrinkaBeat Djokovic in back-to-back five-set major epics in 2013 and 2014.
8Lleyton HewittAustralian who turned five-setters into endurance contests and rarely lost the physical battle.
9Michael ChangBeat Ivan Lendl over five sets at the 1989 French Open aged 17, cramping throughout.
10John IsnerWon the longest match in tennis history, 70-68 in the fifth set at Wimbledon 2010.
11Ivan LendlRecovered from two sets down to win the 1984 French Open final against McEnroe.
12Bjorn BorgWon the 1980 Wimbledon final in five sets after losing an 18-16 fourth-set tiebreak.
13Pete SamprasWon five-set classics in New York against Corretja and Agassi while visibly unwell.
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All three of their five-set matches went to Alcaraz; Sinner's counter is a 2024 Australian Open final he won two sets down: https://youpick.best/articles/sinner-vs-alcaraz-ranked
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